The document summarizes a theatrical performance called "Lies or Truth" seen at the Fabrica theater stage on April 6th. It was a political tale performed by the group "Mind the Gap" that used theater to tell things not otherwise supposed to be told. The performance contained words like "citizen" and "state" to represent all people and commented on society becoming more cruel. The group said their inspiration came from lyrics by Alkinoos Ioannidis and their need to never forget dreams and passion, so they created the show to address the difficult times the country was facing. The performance won first prizes for best performance by the commission and audience at its first festival.

1. Theatrical
Performance

3. On April 6,
we attended the performance
“Lies orTruth”
at the theater stage
‘Fabrica’

4. a political tale, performed by the group
“Mind the Gap”

6. It is called “tale”, because in the past, tales weren’t
aimed at children. It was a way for adults to have fun.
Tales and theater were acting simultaneously
for entertainment and in order to
be told things that weren’t supposed to.

8. On the other hand, the adjective “political” is being used
due to the fact that contains the words ‘citizen’ and ‘state’
and those represent each and every one of us.
It refers to our own tale and its end, which depends on
us…

9. The members of the theatrical group
explained that their inspiration for the
show was a phrase in the lyrics of a song
by Alkinoos Ioannidis.
Because of the difficult times
that our country is going through,
this song made clear to us that we run out
of tales, that the Greek society is getting
more and more cruel.

10. “We wanted to do something
about it, so we decided to create
this performance.
This tale points out the importance
of being responsible for the things
that we create; the only person
that can change or destroy them is
ourselves. Maybe it was our need
to never forget the dreams and the
passion that once we had, that led
us to putting on this show…”

12. The performance "Lies and Truth", was first presented at the
1st Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival
organized by Fabrica Athens and
was awarded the 1st Prize for Best Performance of the
Commission
and 1st Prize for Best Performance of the Audience.
It was also presented during the
1st Up The W-All Festival in 2014
and took the 2nd best performance audience award.